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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): Journal articles

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

If an article accessed via a Library database or other online source is identical in layout and pagination to the printed version (e.g., it is a PDF file), reference it as if it was print, using the format below.

If you are sure that the article is available only in online format, use the guidelines on the Online journal articles page.


 

In text:

A study by Mopas and Curran (2016) showed that…


In your list of references:

Author's Surname, INITIALS. (Year of publication) Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume number and (part number), start and end page numbers of article.

e.g.

Mopas, M. and Curran, A. (2016) Translating the sound of music: forensic musicology and visual evidence in music copyright infringement cases. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 31 (1), 25-46.